# Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan

Sivasubramaniam a/l Athinarayanan, also known as A. Sivasubramaniam (born 28 November 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Buntong from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), another component party of the PN coalition and Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition as well as an independent. During his tenure as the Buntong MLA, he was involved in multiple political defections and party switchings.

## Education

He graduated from the Open University Malaysia with the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

## Politics
### Political defections and party switchings

In March 2020, Tronoh MLA Paul Yong Choo Kiong and Sivasubramaniam were removed from DAP as they defected and supported the opposing PN. He then became an independent immediately after his removal from DAP. In June 2020, Sivasubramiam then joined GERAKAN. In March 2021, Sivasubramaniam left GERAKAN and joined BERSATU as party associate members. In January 2022, they left BERSATU for PBM. In September 2022, they left PBM and rejoined BERSATU as associate members again with former Bercham MLA Sum Cheok Leng.
In the 2022 Perak state election, he was nominated by PN to defend the Buntong state seat, the fifth time contesting the seat. He was not reelected as the Buntong MLA after losing to Thulsi Thivani Manogaran of PH by a minority of 19,155 votes in a landslide defeat.

## Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 2004 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 6,082 | 41.81% | Yik Phooi Hong (MCA) | 8,464 | 58.19% | 14,836 | 2,382 | 64.96% |
| 2008 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 10,311 | 66.24% | Lee Tung Lai (MCA) | 4,996 | 32.10% | 15,566 | 5,315 | 70.98% |
| 2013 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 13,062 | 71.79% | Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC) | 4,433 | 24.36% | 18,195 | 8,629 | 79.64% |
| 2013 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 13,062 | 71.79% | Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND) | 312 | 1.43% | 18,195 | 8,629 | 79.64% |
| 2013 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 13,062 | 71.79% | Mohd Basri Shafie (IND) | 127 | 0.70% | 18,195 | 8,629 | 79.64% |
| 2018 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 18,005 | 80.89% | Thangarani Thiagarajan (MIC) | 2,682 | 12.05% | 21,500 | 15,323 | 79.80% |
| 2018 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 18,005 | 80.89% | Mohanarani Rasiah (PSM) | 813 | 3.65% | 21,500 | 15,323 | 79.80% |
| 2022 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU) | 1,437 | 5.64% | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran (DAP) | 21,412 | 84.02% | 25,483 | 19,155 | 70.33% |
| 2022 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU) | 1,437 | 5.64% | Jayagopi Subramaniam (MIC) | 2,257 | 8.86% | 25,483 | 19,155 | 70.33% |
| 2022 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU) | 1,437 | 5.64% | Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND) | 237 | 0.93% | 25,483 | 19,155 | 70.33% |
| 2022 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU) | 1,437 | 5.64% | Muhammad Faiz Abdullah (IND) | 140 | 0.55% | 25,483 | 19,155 | 70.33% |